Section 5 AAC 34.033 - Tenders for king crab(a) A vessel used to tender king crab for a vessel validly registered to take king crab may not have king crab gear or equipment on board the tendering vessel and may not use that vessel to take king crab.(b) Before engaging in any tendering operation, the operator of a tendering vessel shall register that vessel with a local representative of the department within the king crab registration area, district, or section in which the operator intends to operate that vessel.(c) Before leaving a king crab registration area, district, or section for which it is registered, the operator of a tendering vessel shall contact in person, or by radio or telephone, a local representative of the department in the registration area where the vessel is operating. At the time of the contact with the representative, the tendering vessel operator shall state the number of king crab on board the vessel and the vessel's unloading destination. To comply with the requirements of this subsection, the operator of a tendering vessel in Registration Area O, Q, or T must contact a local representative of the department in Dutch Harbor.In effect before 1981; am 6/28/81, Register 78; am 11/6/96, Register 140